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Garrett Graff on Trump, Mueller, Russia, and Cybersecurity
February 14, 2018
February 13, 2018— Garrett Graff, journalist, author, and director of the Aspen Institute’s cybersecurity and technology program, discussed Robert Mueller’s...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications, Technology,
#DigitalDeceit: The Technologies Behind Precision Propaganda on the Internet
January 23, 2018
Over the past year, there has been rising pressure on Facebook, Google and Twitter to account for how bad actors are exploiting their platforms. The catalyst...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Discussion Papers, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications,
Political Journalism in a Populist Age
December 11, 2017
A new paper by Claes H. de Vreese, Joan Shorenstein Fellow (fall 2017) and Professor and Chair of Political Communication at the University of Amsterdam,...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Domestic Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Prizes & Lectures,
2017 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics with Nancy Gibbs: “The Divided States of America”
November 16, 2017
November 15, 2017 — Nancy Gibbs, editorial director of Time Inc. News Group and former editor of Time Magazine, delivered a thought-provoking speech on...
Audio & Video, Past Events, Politics & Government, Prizes & Lectures, Technology,
Jameel Jaffer: Government Secrecy in the Age of Information Overload
November 6, 2017
Jameel Jaffer, Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and former Deputy Legal Director for the ACLU, delivered...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Domestic Affairs, International Affairs, Past Events, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Technology,
Politico’s Nancy Scola: Reporting on and Regulating the Tech Industry
October 24, 2017
October 24, 2017 — Nancy Scola, senior technology reporter for Politico, discussed the regulation of tech platforms, their role in the 2016 election, cyber...
Media Business, News Business & Practice, Publications, Technology,
Using Data Science Tools for Email Audience Analysis: A Research Guide
October 18, 2017
A Report from the Shorenstein Center’s Single Subject News Engagement Project Executive Summary Email is a crucial vehicle for media companies to generate...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government,
Bob Schieffer: Finding the Truth in Today’s Deluge of News
October 12, 2017
October 10, 2017—Bob Schieffer, CBS News contributor, former Face the Nation host, and 2015-2016 Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow, discussed...
Audio & Video, Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Past Events, Politics & Government,
E.J. Dionne, Jr. on One Nation After Trump, Media, the Economy, and Progressivism
September 12, 2017
September 12, 2017—E.J. Dionne, Jr., political writer for The Washington Post, and William H. Bloomberg Visiting Professor, discussed his forthcoming book,...
Journalistic Practice, Media Business, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Report on Network Sunday Morning Talk Show Content and Ratings, Comparing 1983, 1999, and 2015
September 6, 2017
Executive Summary We studied the content and Nielsen ratings for interviews on the three network Sunday morning talk shows—Meet the Press (henceforth MTP),...
News Business & Practice, Papers, Publications, Technology,
Exploring the Role of Algorithms in Online Harmful Speech
August 10, 2017
Reflections from a recent workshop hosted by the Berkman Klein Center in collaboration with the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy...
Discussion Papers, Papers, Politics & Government, Publications, Technology,
Black Pigeon Speaks: The Anatomy of the Worldview of an Alt-Right YouTuber
June 28, 2017
Disclaimer: This paper contains offensive content. “Alt-right” views quoted in this paper are not endorsed by the Shorenstein Center. A new paper by Zack...
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